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N! 'M. R'OSIENDAHL nag HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR-1m I918- Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

ll ll Nlll'aS 1V1. RQSEINDAHL, 01E KENNE'IT SQUARE, WENNEYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may 00mm:

Be it knownthat L NILE-l M. RDSENDAHL, a citlzen of the United fi'ltatesotAmcrica, and resident of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania,

have invented a certain new and useful lime proveinent in Tiredlolders of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tire-holders of that kind in which a l'rarne or body is providedi'or supporting the extra tire ortircs at the rear of the automobile.

Generally stated, the object ol. this invention is to provice an improved construction and, arrangement whereby a tire-holder of this general character may have other utili tion consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed. y V v in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tire holder embodying the principles of the in vention, it being understood that in use said holder faces. backward at the rear end of the automobile.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

its thus illustrated, the invention cont prises a fiat back A, preferably. or sheet ltl metal or other suitable materiahhavmg a circular edge a, and a flange B secured thereto, near the outer edge thereof. The annular dance B forms a seat for the base portion out the pneumatic tire C (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2), 'When'the same is properly positioned on the tire-holder. A bracket D is secured'tothe back of the holder, near the bottom thereof, and provided "with means cl tor securing the holder in position to any convenient part or portion of the rear end ot the automobile. The llangc E forms a eavity in the. front of the holder, and the lower portion of this cavity is inclosed by the front Wall lil whicheirtends about half way to the top al the holder, and the top of the chamber 6 thus formed is by the swinging door or cover 2- vvhich is covered by 1 fined cnd-walls l which slope outvvardand secured to the back by hinges ot any suitable character. Fastening; devices 4t, or any suitable character, are provided tor the front edge of the cover, to hold it down, and a loclr 5 is also PiSOVlClQ'Cl to lock the cover or door in closed position. ll 'he upper partially incl-used by a front wall 6 having a red bulls-eye' 7 in the center" thereof, and the relatively small chamber F thus formed, 1s occupied by an electric lampf supported in anysuitable manner, and connected with a source of current on the automobile. It will be seen that the lamp f isdirectly back of the glass bulls-eye 7, so that the latter is illuminated to serve as a tail-light when the lamp is supplied w th current. The license number Gr occupies the space just below the chamber F, and just above the cover 2, and is secured in any suitable manner to the back wall A, whereby this number-plate is in full view when the tire-holder supported at the rear end of the automobile. h swinging clamp H is pivoted at h to the lower end I of the bracketD and is adapted to curve around the lower portion of the pneumatic tire. and to then extend upward and bear against'thc front wall E, being adapted to be held in place by a padlock 9 inserted through the staple 8 on said front wall, in a.

manner that will be readily understood. In this Way, the tire is looked upon the holder;

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' portionot the cavity in the tire-holdenis Eli and cannot be removed except by unlocking said padlock ll, which may. be of The hearing I is any suitable character. suitably secured to the back of the holder, and may be utilized in supporting the holder at the rearend of the automobile, in any suitable or desired manner.

With the toregoing construction, it will be seen that the lamp f not only illuminates the bullseyc 7, which is niade of red glass to serve as a tail-light, but also fuilyilhmiihates the numbenplate G directly below.

Again, when the cover 2 is raised and thrown baclr againstthe number plate G, the light from said lamp will then enter tlie compartment or chamber ya, so that various things may he carried in this compartment or chamber, and may be readily found there in and removed by ,the light of said lamp. i

The extra pneumatic tire can be easily re moved, and is securely carried when not in use, but. even asidefrom the function and structure or" tirc holder, which is its primary purpose, it is useful and necessary for other reasons, for it is ordinarily necessary for an automobile to have a tai -light, and also a license-number-plate, so that the structure is useful and necessary even when no extra tire is carried. In addition, the struc-' ture serves as a tool-box and the lamp of the tail-light is disposed in position to illuminate the interior of saidbox when Furthermore, it will be seen that the lam f is in such a position that the light thereof is thrown downward in, front of the toolbox, so that the lock at 9, when raised to a position to be unlocked, will be illuminated by the light from said lamp, it being understood that the interior of the chamber F may haven-reflecting surface of any suitable character.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination of a body adapted to be supported in position at the rear end of an automobile, means forming a circle on the rear side of said body to engage the base portion of a pneumatic tire, so that the tire is maintained in circular form, thereby to firmly support said tire on the rear side of said body, an electric lamp supported by said body at the top of the space formed within the circle of said means, provisions coiiperating with a portion of said means to form a compartment-for storage below said lamp, tire on said means.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, a

number-plate disposed at the rear of the space above said compartment and immediately below said lamp to be illuminated thereby, a red bulls-eye in front of said lamp, and a front wall to inclose said lamp and support said bulls-eye, said wall being,

supported by the outer edge of said means, said wall forming a lamp chamber which overhangs said plate and which is open at its bottom to permit insertion and removal of said lamp. a

3. The structure covered by claim 2, said provisions comprising a cover for said compartment, which cover is movable into a poneees'sary.

. tending outward from the 'ment, which cover and a device to lock the and arranged to open sition to permit the to enter said box.

4. A structure as specified in claim 1, said device comprising a pivoted latch at the bottom of said body, said lamp being so disposed that its light is directed .lown\\'ardly from said space in front of said compartment, said device being disposed at the front of said compartment.

I 5. A structure as specified in claim I. said means consisting of an annular flange exface of said body, which flange is disposed a distance from the edge of said body, and said flange having an hpper front wall secured thereto, with a red bulls-eye in said front wall, the electric lamp being back of said bulls-cye, a number-plate secured to said body immediately below said lamp and in position to-be illuminated thereby, and a cover for said compartis adapted to swing upward into a position to permit the light from said lamp to enter said box, the lamp chamber formed back of said lil-stmlcntiom'd front wall being open at the bottom thereof.

(3. The combination of an automobile litense number plate, a tire carrier forming at protecting cavity for said plate, and a lamp in said cavity to illuminate said plate, so that the light is reflected rearwardly and downwardly from the face of said plate.

7. A structure as specified in claim (3, and a red glass in the wall of said cavity opposite said lamp to form a tail light.

8. A structure as specifiedvin claim (3, and a tool box formed in part by said carrier at its top to secure light from said lamp said light therein.

9. The structure covered by claim 8, in combination with a supporting arm rigid with the back of said tool box, a retaining element pivoted on said arm to hold the tire in place, and means to lock said arm to the front of said box.

Signed Illinois, this 12th, day

NILS M. ROSENDAHL.

by me at'Chicago, Cook county;

of November, 1917, 

